List of mobile network operators
This is a list of mobile network and satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscriptions.
For a more comprehensive list of mobile phone operators, see Mobile country codes.
Terrestrial
This is a list of the world's largest terrestrial mobile phone network operators measured by number of subscriptions.
| Rank | Company | Main markets | Technology | Total subscriptions (in millions) |
Ownership (100% ownership unless stated otherwise) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China Mobile
|
912.97[1] (August 2018) |
Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%) Public stock (25.75%) | ||
| 2 |  Vodafone Idea
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443.94[2][3] (July 2018) |
Vodafone Group (45.2%) Aditya Birla Group (26%) Public stock (28.8%) | |
| 3 | Airtel
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438.04[4] (June 2018) |
Bharti Telecom Limited (45.09%) Public stock (28.16%) Pastel Limited (14.79%) Indian Continent Investment Limited (6.65%) Life Insurance Corporation of India (5.31%) | |
| 4 |  Vodafone
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313.1[5][Note 4][3] (March 2018) |
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| 5 | China Unicom
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304.5[6] (July 2018) |
China Unicom Limited (40.92%) China Netcom Group (29.49%) Telefonica (9.7%) | |
| 6 | China Telecom
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286.9[7] (July 2018) |
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| 7 |  América Móvil
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279.0[8] (June 2018) |
Helu Slim (36.50%) Carlos Slim (6.84%) Public stock (56.66%) | |
| 8 |  Telefónica
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271.9[9] (June 2018) |
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| 9 |  Veon
|
238.6[10] (June 2018) |
Letterone Investment Holdings S.A. (47.9%) Telenor (33%) Public stock (10.8%) Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor (8.3%) | ||
| 10 | Reliance Jio
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227.05[11] (July 2018) |
Reliance Industries |
| 11 |  MTN Group
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List
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223.4[12] (June 2018) |
Public stock (68.02%) Government Employees Pension Fund (17.23%) M1 (7.72%) | |
| 12 |  Orange
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199.0[14] (June 2018) |
Public stock (86.6%) Government of France (13.4%) | |
| 13 |  Telkomsel
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196.3[15] (December 2017) |
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (65%) Singtel (35%) | |
| 14 |  Telenor
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172.2[16] (July 2018) |
Government of Norway (53.97%) Public stock (41.74%) The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4.79%) | ||
| 15 |  Deutsche Telekom
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169.9[17] (March 2018) |
Free float (68.2%) Federal Republic of Germany (31.8%) | |
| 16 |  STC
|
161.0[18] (December 2016) |
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| 17 |  Etisalat
|
159.0[19] (March 2017) |
Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%) Public stock (39.97%) | ||
| 18 |  Verizon Wireless
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151.5[20] (March 2018) |
Verizon Communications | |
| 19 |  Ooredoo
|
149.0[21] (March 2017) |
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| 20 | AT&T Mobility
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List
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143.8[22] (March 2018) |
AT&T Inc. | |
| 21 | BSNL
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List
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113.34 (July 2018)[23] |
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. | |
| 22 |  3
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112.2[24](2018) | CK Hutchison Holdings | |
| 23 |  MTS
|
106.2[25] (May 2018) |
Sistema (50.8%) | ||
| 24 |  Axiata
|
101.0[26] (December 2015) |
Public stock (54.91%) Government of Malaysia (45.09%) | ||
| 25 |  TIM
|
92.8[27] (September 2016) |
Telecom Italia | ||
| 26 | MegaFon
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77.3[28] (September 2016) |
USM Holdings Limited (56.32%+3.92%) Telia Company (25.17%) Public stock (14.59%) | |
| 27 |  Hamrahe Aval (MCI)
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65.0[29] (December 2016) |
Telecommunication Company of Iran (90%) Public stock (10%) | |
| 28 |  Globe Telecom
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62.8[30] (December 2016) |
Asiacom (54.5%) Singtel (21.5%) Ayala Corporation (13.9%) Public stock (10.2%) | |
| 29 | PLDT
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61.8[31] (September 2016) |
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| 30 | Sprint Corporation
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53.6[32] (March 2018) |
SoftBank Group (80%) |
Satellite based
This is a list of the world's five largest satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iridium |
Proprietary TDMA | 0.824 (June 2016)[33] | |
| 2 | Globalstar |
Proprietary CDMA | 0.638 (March 2015)[34] | |
| 3 | Thuraya |
Proprietary FDMA/GSM | 0.260 (December 2007)[35] | Etisalat (28%) |
| 4 | Inmarsat |
Proprietary GSM | 0.254 (September 2009)[36] | |
| 5 | ACeS |
Dual-mode Satellite/GSM | 0.020 (December 2007) |
By region
- List of mobile network operators of the Americas
- List of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific region
- List of mobile network operators of Europe
- List of mobile network operators of the Middle East and Africa
See also
- Comparison of mobile phone standards
- List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
- List of countries by number of Internet users
- List of countries by number of telephone lines in use
- List of countries by smartphone penetration
- List of multiple-system operators
- List of telephone operating companies
- Mobile Country Code (List of MCC/MNC assigned to mobile networks)
References
- ^ "Operation Data". China Mobile. 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Trai Press Release July 2018" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 18 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Merger of Idea Cellular and Vodafone India completed - creating India's largest telecom service provider" (PDF). Idea. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Fact Sheet" (PDF). Airtel. 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Vodafone Group plc. 31 March 2018. p. 10.
- ^ "Operation Data". China Unicom. 31 July 2018.
- ^ "China Telecom Corporation". China Telecom.
- ^ "2Q 2018 Reports" (PDF). América Móvil. 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Report 2Q 2018". 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Report 2Q 2018" (PDF). Veon. 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Trai Press Release July 2018" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 18 September 2018.
- ^ "2Q Results 2018" (PDF). MTN Group. 30 June 2018.
- ^ https://www.orange.com/en/Group/Orange-in-the-world/countries/Non-controlling-equity-interest-Iraq
- ^ "Report 2Q 2018" (PDF). 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Annual Report 2017". 31 December 2017.
- ^ "2Q 2018 Telenor Group Report" (PDF). 17 July 2018.
- ^ "1Q 2018 Report". 31 March 2018.
- ^ "STC Investor Factsheet" (PDF). STC. Retrieved 25 August 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Etisalat 1Q Report 2017". Etisalat. 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Q1 2018 Results". Verizon Communications. 31 March 2018.
- ^ "Q1 2017 Results" (PDF). Ooredoo. 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Q1 2018 Results". AT&T Inc. 31 March 2018.
- ^ "July 2018 TRAI Report" (PDF). TRAI. 18 September 2018 2018.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Operator group ranking, 2018" (PDF). GSMA intelligence. 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Results Q1 2018" (PDF). MTS. May 2018.
- ^ "Axiata - Annual Report 2015" (PDF).
- ^ "Financial Results Q3 2016" (PDF). TIM. 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Press Release Q3 2016". MegaFon. 30 September 2016.
- ^ "About MCI". MCI. 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Report 4Q 2016" (PDF). 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Financial highlights 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Q1 2018 Results". Sprint. 31 March 2018.
- ^ "Iridium Q2 2016 Results" (PDF). 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results". Globalstar.com. 31 March 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived 6 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Except Vodafone Australia
- ^ Except Vodafone Australia
- ^ Except Vodafone Australia
- ^ After subtracting 222.7 million subscribers of Vodafone India as per TRAI’s March 2018 Telecom Subscription Data since Vodafone India has merged with Idea Cellular Limited to form Vodafone Idea Limited.
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